Subaru Forester 2003

Cars aged 22 · Data updated: 2026-11-09 (week 46) · source: VDA / Transeksta, CC BY 4.0
Pass the inspection first time
42.6% ±2.2 pp
M1 average at 22 years – 37.8%

n = 1,876 inspections

Expected mileage now (median)
282,316 km
Percentiles · cars aged 22
p10 194k
p25 222k
p50 282k
p75 337k
p90 394k
Subaru Forester 2003: mileage distribution
Chart data: Subaru Forester 2003: mileage distribution
km
p10194,271 km
p25222,479 km
p50282,316 km
p75337,292 km
p90393,788 km

Is the mileage normal?

Enter the mileage from the ad – we show where it falls among identical cars.

Inspection verdicts

Forester 2003, n = 1,876
Subaru Forester 2003: Inspection verdicts
Chart data: Subaru Forester 2003: Inspection verdicts
%
No defects17.4%
Minor defects25.2%
Major defects55.5%
Dangerous defects1.9%
Odometer inconsistencies
5.4%
cars whose reading dropped between inspections

CO (petrol, idle)
0.10%
11.4% over the limit · n = 1,860

What these numbers say

42.6% of 2003 Subaru Forester cars pass the technical inspection at the first attempt (n = 1,876), against an average of 37.8% for all 22-year-old M1 cars.

At 22 years old, a typical one now shows 282,316 km on the odometer; half of them read between 222,479 km and 337,292 km.

An odometer inconsistency was recorded for 26 cars, 5.4% of those assessed.

The median idle CO reading is 0.10% vol; 11.4% of measurements exceed the limit.

Figures are not adjusted for how intensively cars are used. How we calculate